Bio : Artists

Jamie Hofman : Viola

Jamie Hofman is a graduate of Indiana University and holds performance degrees in violin (B.M.) and viola (B.M.), as well as a performer diploma for viola. His principal teachers have been Mimi Zweig, Jerry Horner, and Atar Arad. For the past two years, Mr. Hofman has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony while on faculty at the String Academy of Wisconsin and Carroll University. Prior to moving to Milwaukee, he was a member of the Louisville Orchestra and the Louisville String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the University of Louisville, where he was also a faculty member. Mr. Hofman has performed at festivals such as the Hirosaki Chamber Music Festival (Japan), Schlewig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany), European Musik Festival (Stuttgart), International Festival Symphony (Jerusalem), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), Blossom Music Festival (Cleveland), and the Sarasota Music Festival (Florida). Mr. Hofman won the second prize in the Chicago Viola Society solo competition and has performed as a soloist in Milwaukee with the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, the Catholic Symphony Orchestra, and on the Civic Music Artist and Ensemble series. Mr. Hofman is married to horn player Kelly Hofman. This is his seventh year at EMF.